THE Anglican Church of Melanesian Members are gathering at Buma village, Central Kwara’ae Malaita Province, for the 19th Diocesan Synod. All Anglican Church leaders from around Malaita are in Buma for the synod which started yesterday and will continue throughout this week. Theme of the synod is “Leadership for Transformation and Development”. More than 180…
PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has joined global leaders in expressing his sympathy to the families of the passengers shot down over Ukraine, Thursday, on Malaysian passenger airline MH17. In strongly condemning the shooting Mr Lilo described it as a “horrendous act of terrorism against innocent global citizens”. “I join world leaders in condemning such…
A GROUP of women yesterday put smiles on the face of sick children at the National Referral Hospital with gifts. The SDA Kukum Parish Council of Women, a group of women from Barana, Burns Creek and Kukum churches decided to pay the yesterday to remind the sick of God’s love. Coordinator of the group Basilisa…
WHEN the Central Market was newly completed and occupied, there were strict regulations against selling of betel-nut there. The regulations were upheld up to recent times. A concern market visitor John Waki said it is an eye-sore nowadays. “People simply do not listen. They have ears and continue to disobey the rules. “The main market…
A chief from East Kwara’ae Abraham Misitana reminds police officers ot lead by example in keeping the laws even outside of duty. Mr Misitana made teh statement following an encounter he said did not speak well of a police officer. “There were some police officers who were onboard a public bus going down to the…
SELF-Sponsored students of the School of Education at the Solomon Island National University [SINU] Panatina campus have expressed disagreement with what they described as ‘unfair allowances’. One of the concerned students Wilson Mae said self sponsored students are not included in the Ministry of Education’s list for allowances for practical. “We were told only students…
What can be done to replenish Tuna stocks? Pacific Island people working together to actually conserve and manage tuna cannot do it alone. But island nations could absolutely lead the way to achieve solutions via the United Nations. Firstly, Pacific tuna stocks are now already at historically low levels, in other words ocean food supply…
Two local Solomon Islands student has graduated with Masters Degree at the Australian National University College (ANU), Canberra Friday. They are Caroline Laore and Annie Kwai. Laore graduated with a Masters in Social Research while Kwai with a Masters of Arts with Honours in History. Speaking to Sunday Star from Canberra Ms Kwai said “it was…
Hardship and vulnerability remains some of the Pacific Island Countries growing problems and threats stemmed from various issues including Non-Communicable Diseases to natural Disasters. This was according to research from the World Bank, March 2014. The report finds that extreme poverty remains rare in the pacific, but that over 20 per cent of people in…
Gordon Griffiths’ account in the Islands I was in Renell Island; and was told that I was the first white kid to be seen on the island. After many decades I still kept my father’s word that I will one day visit that island again. I did enjoyed staying on the Island for nearly a…